Recipe: Healthy Banana Bread - Rezept: Gesundes Bananenbrot

This banana bread is amazing! I've been making it for a few weeks, and it's gone by the time I remember that I want to take a picture of it for my blog post.

I'm not even sure how I found it anymore, but here's the link to Dairy Free Chick and the original recipe post: http://www.dairyfreechick.com/paleo-coconut-banana-bread/

What makes this banana bread healthy is that it has no added sugar, coconut flour is used instead of regular flower, and it doesn't even include dairy (not that I think dairy isn't healthy). 

The first time I made it, I really wasn't so sure. The consistency of the dough is really different from baking with regular flour. But once I took the first bite (when it was cool) - I fell in love! Since we've pretty much eliminated all bread and wheat from our diet, breakfasts have been really hard for me some mornings. I go workout early, and don't have time in between to fix breakfast. Sometimes I don't even go home, and even though I love the egg muffins, they just taste better warm... Plus, the no sugar thing is really not that easy either... 

But once I discovered this recipe... well, let's just say, it really has helped!

I eat it for breakfast, as a snack, or have a little slice in the afternoon with a coffee! Josh, my husband, loves it too! He actually has breakfast if we have some banana bread in the house. He likes to have his with milk (or a protein shake). 

So here it is:

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Recipe: Quick Lunch Salad - Creamy Tuna and Bean

So, the other day I got home from work around noon and I was really, really hungry. I didn't have any leftovers, so I got creative.
I've made bean and tuna salads before, but not the creamy kind, but I wanted something a little different.

It's not very pretty, but tastes pretty good

Let's hope I still remember everything I put in:

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Recipe: Black Bean Soup with Grilled Chicken Breast - Rezept: Schwarze Bohnensuppe mit Hähnchenbrust

It's been a while since I posted a recipe on here...  but this is a good one to start the new year with: Black Bean Soup with Grilled Chicken Breast

Soups are perfect when its colder and rainy, and it has just the right spiciness, I think. It's healthy and filling for a soup. The good thing is you can make more and then just keep the rest refrigerated for 3 days for a second day. I hope you like this one.

Recipe: Black Bean Soup with Grilled/Oven Baked Chicken Breast

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Five Reasons To Be Happy This Friday - Fünf Gründe, Diesen Freitag Glücklich Zu Sein

Smile, it's Friday. Friday afternoon to be exact, and I'm sitting at Starbucks enjoying my latte (with skim milk), while writing my blog.

What are you up to?

Here's my list of five things that made me happy this week:

Reason #1: Last Friday we went to out TacoLu for dinner and drinks with friends. It's an awesome Mexican place here in Jacksonville. It's not a typical Mexican restaurant, more Mexican inspired, but their food is amazing. I cheated a little on my meal. I had their $10-Taco with filet mignon - it's really good. But next time I'll try one of their fancy fish tacos.

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Recipe: Easy breakfast eggs - Rezept: Einfache Frühstückseier

Breakfast is such an important meal and you should never skip it. Really! It is so important for our bodies to get a healthy meal in the morning!

I'm usually pretty good about it but since I have to be at work by 5 am three times a week it is getting a little harder to eat healthy breakfasts in the early morning. Most early mornings I took Greek yogurt with fruit or oatmeal with me to work which I prepared the night before. But I get bored with food... I don't like eating the same thing every day. So yesterday I thought I'd try something I saw on Pinterest the other day. 

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Pinterest, it's an online pin board where you can organize what you find online. If you find a website, recipe, picture, song, blog, etc. online, instead of bookmarking it, you can pin it to a board on your pinterest. I love it. I've found quite a few blogs I follow on it. 

But back to the recipe:

Here's a link to Amy's Kitchen Creation blog, where I found the recipe: Eggs for breakfast sandwiches

And here's my attempt:

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Recipe: Butternut Squash, Potato & Carrot Soup with Spicy Meatballs - Rezept: Birnenkürbis-, Kartoffel- & Karottensuppe mit Pikanten Fleischbällchen

So, about two weeks ago we signed up for a service that delivers organic veggies and fruits right to your door. It's called Palmetto Organics and our gym has a partnership with them where we get a even better deal! Last week on Monday we received our first delivery. Here is what we got:

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Recipe: Broccoli Salad with Chickpeas, Spinach and Bacon - Rezept: Brokkolisalat mit Kichererbsen, Spinat und Speck

Yesterday I felt like something light for dinner. Plus, I didn't really feel like cooking for hours... I checked the fridge and found some broccoli, spinach and bacon. I knew I had some chickpeas in the pantry as well, and I just love the taste of chickpeas!

So, I thought, I'll just make a salad :-)

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Recipe: Thai Shrimp - Rezept: Thai Shrimp mit Kokusmilch

This is probably my favorite recipe to cook and eat, as of lately! It is so easy and fast to make, and tastes amazing every time. And it is healthy!

You could substitute chicken or fish for the shrimp, or leave it out all together and add more veggies.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb of shrimp
• 1 lemon
• 1 onion
• 1-2 cloves of garlic
• 1 zucchini
• 1 bell pepper (red, or yellow for the color)
• 2 carrots
• peas
• mushrooms
• 1 can of coconut milk
• 1/2 can of tomato paste
• Thai curry paste
• curry
• chili
• salt
• pepper
• olive oil  (or cooking oil of your choice)

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Recipe: Shrimp with Mashed Cauliflower and Asparagus - Rezept: Shrimp mit Blumenkohlpüree und grünem Spargel

Time for a recipe again!

I made this a couple of nights ago and it was really yummy! Thought I'd share it with you. And yes, it's a recipe that fits into my diet.

Ingredients:

• 1 lb uncooked shrimp (peeled and veined)
• 3/4 of a cauliflower head
• 1 pack asparagus
• 1-2 lemons
• salt
• pepper
• (olive or other cooking) oil 
• chili powder
• 1 clove of garlic 
• some butter

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Easy, healthy and yummy dinner recipe - Einfaches, gesundes und leckeres Abendessen

This is my first recipe post. 

But I'm sure not my last :-)
And it is gluten-free and it is in accordance with my diet.

I made this dinner a couple of nights ago. Here in Florida it gets quite hot already in late May, early June, and when it is that hot, sometimes you don't really feel like a hot, dinner. So I came up with my own recipe:

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The diet - Die Diät

As I already mentioned in my last blog post, I'm on a diet now. 

I know, I know what (hopefully) most of you are thinking - why am I on a diet. I'm not fat. BUT I'm not 100% happy with my body - and that's why I'm doing it. I've been working out very regularly for quite a while and I did loose some weight already but lately I haven't seen any change. I knew, even though I work out, I had to change the way I eat to see the change I want.

I don't really care how much it shows on the scale but loosing a few inches here and there, lowering my body fat total would really make me happy! 

I'm not ready to show you my "before" pictures because it has only been a week, but I can tell you, I've already lost about 4 pounds, and 1 inch around my waist! And that was only in the first week!

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